The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-21


PERsofsAl AND GENERAL
Isa VIII q The German prsss ars mer
cllessly l~ampooning the French army over
- ~moch-vaunted morale and e0nciencys
alludIng with biting sarcasm 70 The bar.
>orins q decorations BY The veteran
General CaRarell.
The brltish Government has dispatched
four war ships 20 search for the missing
gunboat Wasp. which u supposed 70 have
been lost IN . recent typhoon.
The United states Supreme Court began
the fall term on the 10th. The only vacant
seat on the bench was that 81 Justice
Woods deceased.
II L announced that Miss Ethel Sprague.
the daughter o. Nra Kate Chase Sprague,
Il preparing Tor her debut On b theatri'
cnl stage. Tor which she has been under
going Z special course of instruction.
TurnE are no lands yet available for
se<tlsment In tho Quapaw agency.
PRRsDkxr CLEVELAND md party ar
rived at st. Paul MIMI. On the evening Of
tho 10Th, and were enthusiastically TO
coived.
LOWS sonooco. an Italian, was instant.
" killed It Pittsburgh, Pa, ON the 10th,
by the explosion OF = soda fountain which
he was engaged in charging q Louis
Cella's soda water mandatory.
The Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta,
Ca. was opened on the 10th. Hon. 8. J.
Randall q Pennsylvania, made an ad'
dress.
In the new triple alliance Italy reserves
the right 70 remain neutral In the event
Of . FrancoGerman q
TxnPA fFla-) authorities claim there Il
no yellow fever ~ that place, but dengues
or break-bone fever ID prevalent
An Irish member Of Parliament A.
tempted 20 whip On English lawyer dur
Ing the inquest ~ Mitchellstown, Ireland,
| on the 10th.
THE Jury IN the'case Of james b. Jacobs,
being tried at Lancaster. Pa, for the muir
der Of Elmer 3. Quigleys rendered . YER
dict on the 10th OF murder IN the frst DE-
gree.
WV. Z. BnocKwAY, the weI.known
bond forger and counterfeiter, Who inc
March 8, 1854, has been serving . sentence
IN Sing Sing x. ~ prison for forgery in
| the second degree, was released on the
10th.
On. McGLYxx, q honorary president Of
| the Father Matthew Memorial Society Of
| New York. delivered an orstion In Cooper
| Union on the night Of the 10th 1T the an.
niversary exercises in homo Of the birth
OF Father Matthew.
The English unionists are in . state OF
| Generalization, and have called q meet.
ing Of leaders to sec II something can not
be saved from the party wreck.
The case against ''Blinky" Morgan,
charged with the murder Of Detective
| Hulligan on . railroad train in February
last, was called ct Kavenna, q, on the
10th, but was passed until the 18th @ the
request Of Morgan's counsel
The Mormon conference has adjourned
without choosing . president Of the church.
MILFORD Woodruff remains president by
virtue Of his ONCE as head Of the twelve
apostles.
A test will be had this week
on Newport, r. l., eight torpedo boats
simultaneously attacking the United
States cruiser Atlanta The Atlanta will
defend herself Is best she may. Admiral
Luce will superintend the movements
THE Detroits won the second game Of
the worlds championship series with the
81. Louis Browns at st. Louis, on the llth'
by . score Of 3 to 3
THE Bryn Aawr Hotel at Bryn Mawr,
Pa, was burned on the 18th. Loss, $SoO,
600; insurance, $4,000.
II Ii denied that Dom Pedro, Emperor
Of Brazil. contemplates addiction.
THE Illinois river Improvement conven